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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Congo: Global Witness Pressures Cell Phone Makers to Act Global Witness recently wrote to major mobile phone manufacturers as well as mineral and metal traders to ask them what due diligence measures they are taking to ensure that their sourcing practices are not fuelling the conflict in the Congo.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009Congo: Global Witness Pressures Cell Phone Makers to Act Global Witness recently wrote to major mobile phone manufacturers as well as mineral and metal traders to ask them what due diligence measures they are taking to ensure that their sourcing practices are not fuelling the conflict in the Congo.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Delusional opposition to economic stimulus portends opposition to needed climate change action The economic security crisis and the climate security crisis and the geopolitical security crisis are one monster with three heads. There is both a silver bullet to slay it and a holy grail to heal us from the wounds it has inflicted. We need a new economic model, one that is green and hallows sustainability. The blind pursuit of profit has failed us as a society.
Monday, February 16, 2009Delusional opposition to economic stimulus portends opposition to needed climate change action The economic security crisis and the climate security crisis and the geopolitical security crisis are one monster with three heads. There is both a silver bullet to slay it and a holy grail to heal us from the wounds it has inflicted. We need a new economic model, one that is green and hallows sustainability. The blind pursuit of profit has failed us as a society.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Economists in blogosphere; not in mainstream media You won't find informed opinions in US mainstream media, finds Media Matters. But you will find them in the blogosphere and alternative media like Democracy Now! James Galbraith gives lucid advice.
Saturday, February 14, 2009Economists in blogosphere; not in mainstream media You won't find informed opinions in US mainstream media, finds Media Matters. But you will find them in the blogosphere and alternative media like Democracy Now! James Galbraith gives lucid advice.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Congo Crisis: Doctors without Borders Denounces Cowering Peacekeepers Congo Crisis: Eve Ensler Raises Awareness, Medicines Sans Frontieres Denounces Cowering Peacekeepers; Hopefully, Susan Rice & Samantha Power Will Act.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009Congo Crisis: Doctors without Borders Denounces Cowering Peacekeepers Congo Crisis: Eve Ensler Raises Awareness, Medicines Sans Frontieres Denounces Cowering Peacekeepers; Hopefully, Susan Rice & Samantha Power Will Act.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Imagine Peace, Cultivate Happiness The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Reykjavik, Iceland was dedicated on Oct 9, 2007, Lennon's 67th birthday. It symbolizes Lennon's and Ono's struggle for world peace which began in the sixties. Yoko Ono has it lit every year from October 9th (the anniversary of John Lennon's birth) to December 9th (the anniversary of his assassination) as
Wednesday, December 10, 2008Imagine Peace, Cultivate Happiness The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Reykjavik, Iceland was dedicated on Oct 9, 2007, Lennon's 67th birthday. It symbolizes Lennon's and Ono's struggle for world peace which began in the sixties. Yoko Ono has it lit every year from October 9th (the anniversary of John Lennon's birth) to December 9th (the anniversary of his assassination) as
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Monday, December 8, 2008
International Commitment Required for Peace in the Congo If you searched "Congo" on Goggle News this morning, you would come up with a few hundred headlines on progress concerning "peace negotiations." Nothing wrong with working to get people to the table, but the suffering of the Congo will not end without a sweeping, international commitment to a new approach.
Monday, December 8, 2008International Commitment Required for Peace in the Congo If you searched "Congo" on Goggle News this morning, you would come up with a few hundred headlines on progress concerning "peace negotiations." Nothing wrong with working to get people to the table, but the suffering of the Congo will not end without a sweeping, international commitment to a new approach.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Great Nations & Industry Captains Ignore Thugocracies in Burma & Darfur Do not allow the leaders of the great nations or the captains of industry to wring their hands and tell you there is nothing they can do; there is a lot they can do economically and politically. But, to them, profits trumps human dignity, human rights, and even human life itself.
Monday, November 24, 2008Great Nations & Industry Captains Ignore Thugocracies in Burma & Darfur Do not allow the leaders of the great nations or the captains of industry to wring their hands and tell you there is nothing they can do; there is a lot they can do economically and politically. But, to them, profits trumps human dignity, human rights, and even human life itself.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Economic Insecurity Update: Stiglitz & Soros Speak While this tone-deaf, 21st Century Nero (GWB) fiddles his out-of-tune encore to the G-20, against a backdrop of economic and environmental disaster; those, like Joseph Stiglitz and George Soros, who understand the music of life, are speaking out.
Friday, November 14, 2008Economic Insecurity Update: Stiglitz & Soros Speak While this tone-deaf, 21st Century Nero (GWB) fiddles his out-of-tune encore to the G-20, against a backdrop of economic and environmental disaster; those, like Joseph Stiglitz and George Soros, who understand the music of life, are speaking out.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Burma blogger gets 20 years; 14 get 65 years each At least 14 democracy activists, including three Generation 88 student leaders, who participated in the 2007 protests were sentenced to 65 year prison terms. A young blogger, who was responsible for getting the truth out to the world during the uprising, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008Burma blogger gets 20 years; 14 get 65 years each At least 14 democracy activists, including three Generation 88 student leaders, who participated in the 2007 protests were sentenced to 65 year prison terms. A young blogger, who was responsible for getting the truth out to the world during the uprising, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Election Security Update: How Bitter can the Irony Get? Now that the popular voter uprising is so overwhelming that it will be difficult for the right-wing to steal the election (although, of course, it is still possible that they have disenfranchised a sufficient number of voters), it is the Democratic Party that will be accused of stealing it. And the Party leadership has only itself to blame. Indeed, through participating in the HAVA farce they helped enable what is happening.
Sunday, October 19, 2008Election Security Update: How Bitter can the Irony Get? Now that the popular voter uprising is so overwhelming that it will be difficult for the right-wing to steal the election (although, of course, it is still possible that they have disenfranchised a sufficient number of voters), it is the Democratic Party that will be accused of stealing it. And the Party leadership has only itself to blame. Indeed, through participating in the HAVA farce they helped enable what is happening.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
UNIFEM & Nicole Kidman work to end violence against women Combating violence against women is what Inés Alberdi, executive director of the U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), calls the missing goal, because it is not an issue addressed by the UN's Millennium Development Goals. "Good governance needs women, and women need good governance," said Anne Marie Goetz lead author of a newly released UNIFEM report.
Saturday, September 20, 2008UNIFEM & Nicole Kidman work to end violence against women Combating violence against women is what Inés Alberdi, executive director of the U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), calls the missing goal, because it is not an issue addressed by the UN's Millennium Development Goals. "Good governance needs women, and women need good governance," said Anne Marie Goetz lead author of a newly released UNIFEM report.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Will the US Electorate Lay Down in the Poppy Field Sowed by Right-Wing Propagandists & Tilled by the Corporatist Media? Time to start reading aloud in the town square those truths that the right wing propagandists want hidden: 9/11, New Orleans, Bill of Rights, Geneva Accords, FOIA, FISA, Congressional subpoenas, stolen elections, the firing of DoJ attorneys, Don Siegelman, Valerie Plame, and more. The past 7 years brought us catastrophe; will the electorate embrace more catastrophe?
Monday, August 11, 2008Will the US Electorate Lay Down in the Poppy Field Sowed by Right-Wing Propagandists & Tilled by the Corporatist Media? Time to start reading aloud in the town square those truths that the right wing propagandists want hidden: 9/11, New Orleans, Bill of Rights, Geneva Accords, FOIA, FISA, Congressional subpoenas, stolen elections, the firing of DoJ attorneys, Don Siegelman, Valerie Plame, and more. The past 7 years brought us catastrophe; will the electorate embrace more catastrophe?
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Monday, July 21, 2008
Sustainability and Human Rights Are Inseparable It is absurd to imagine that we can drill and dam our way into the future. And here are two poignant reminders -- one from Malaysia and one from Canada -- that the blind will to drill and dam our way of out of this crisis is worse than absurd, it is obscene.
Monday, July 21, 2008Sustainability and Human Rights Are Inseparable It is absurd to imagine that we can drill and dam our way into the future. And here are two poignant reminders -- one from Malaysia and one from Canada -- that the blind will to drill and dam our way of out of this crisis is worse than absurd, it is obscene.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Darfur Crisis Update: Standing behind Luis Moreno Ocampo Those of us who will not rationalize away what is happening in Darfur live in this netherworld. Mia Farrow lives in it. "We have failed to support the peacekeeping mission in every essential way. If the peacekeepers had had appropriate intelligence capacity and equipment this tragedy almost certainly would have been avoided." Others chime in, and important links are provided.
Sunday, July 13, 2008Darfur Crisis Update: Standing behind Luis Moreno Ocampo Those of us who will not rationalize away what is happening in Darfur live in this netherworld. Mia Farrow lives in it. "We have failed to support the peacekeeping mission in every essential way. If the peacekeepers had had appropriate intelligence capacity and equipment this tragedy almost certainly would have been avoided." Others chime in, and important links are provided.
